Haloalkanes Flashcards
What is heterolytic fission
What is homolytic fission
What is a reaction mechanism
Is a series of steps that show what happens in a chemical reaction.
Shows the movement of a pair of electrons
The different types of mechanisms
Free Radical Substitution
Nucleophilic Substitution
Electrophilic Addition
Elimination
What is a free radical
A species with an unpaired electrons
What is substitution
A reaction where an atom/group replaces another atom/group
Steps to free rad sub
- Initiation
- Propagation
- Termination
How does an initiation reaction start?
When UV light breaks down Cl2 to form chlorine free radicals
The C-H requires more energy to break than the Cl-Cl
Equation for initiation
Explain the propagation step
Explain termination step
What is a nucleophile
Lone pair electron donors
This is because the halogen atom is more electronegative than carbon atoms and so the C of the C-H bone is delta positive
How is the rate of reaction affected by the strength of the halogen bond?
What are the different reagents in nucleophilic substitution
NaOH
KCN
NH3
Conditions for NaOH
Aqueous, warm
Mechanism for NaOH